Thesaurus results for GREAT HOUSE

great house

noun

Definition of great house

as in manor house

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Recent Examples of great house Set in the years before the events of Martin’s novels, the production follows the great houses of Westeros as ambition, family bonds and succession collide during the reign of the Mad King. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 May 2026 There stood the great house with all its windows robed in silver. — Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026 Arnault did not merely preserve a single great house after a founder’s passing — a feat rare enough in creative industries. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2025 Salesforce is still a great house, but the neighborhood is deteriorating. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for great house

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Noun

The deeply pretty Georgian manor house, all honeyed Bath stone, sits at the end of an avenue of sky-high beech and lime trees, surrounded by exquisite gardens like a Jane Austen film set.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The property’s manor house, once a Goddard College library and event space, now serves as a rehearsal space for the Goddard Institute of Dramatic Arts.

— Olivia Fletcher, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of manor house

Noun

This castle is old—so old that an Anglo-Norman lord built it in 1180.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Moments later, MacKinney storms in, kills one of Colum’s guards, and orders his men to round up the castle’s women and sequester them in the chapel.

— Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of castle

Noun

Mia Wasikowska plays a woman who moves to a remote mansion with her new husband (Tom Hiddleston) and his sister (Jessica Chastain) and discovers the secrets buried in the earth.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
For some of the world’s richest people, buying a mansion is the first in a string of many purchases.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of mansion

Noun

Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Situated at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, Marilyn purchased the 1929 Spanish Colonial Revival-style hacienda for $75,000 in early 1962.

— Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of hacienda

Noun

The drama turns on a young woman, victim of spike drinking at a lavish New Year’s Eve party in a remote manor.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
In an Edwardian manor near Grosvenor Square—where sprawling shopping destinations Regents Street and New Bond Street are there for window gawking—the 31 rooms prove to be a welcome respite from city noise.

— Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of manor

Noun

The 414-foot Lürssen wasn’t a floating palace like most of the world’s largest yachts before it, but an expedition ship disguised as a superyacht, complete with submarines, helipads, a drive-in marina, and research capabilities.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
According to Josh, the title Palace for the People comes from a real palace in England designed for use by the public.

— Rob LeDonne, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of palace

Noun

The developer plans to convert an office building, Rushmore One, in Ballantyne Corporate Park into five apartment buildings and seven town house buildings.

— Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026
Working with Urban Pioneering Architecture, Haughton corralled an all-Caribbean team of craftsmen and builders to renovate the four-story town house.

— Camille Okhio, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2026